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#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?

Modern Wisdom

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The Evolution of Happiness

We all have this balance between hedonic pleasure and meaning that we seek in the future. biologically, we're already optimized to have kids. And I think a lot of unhappiness that comes in society today is that people forget that all of your ancestors had kids. So humans are programmed to find genuine contentment and happiness of a deeper kind than they can get from almost anything else.

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